GO WEST.

Old radical architecture magazines. I found this image awhile ago, reprinted in Domus. It inspired the covers for Book Dept.’s newest series, Place Space. (Spring 2008) Today August posted this link THE RADICAL ARCHITECTURE OF LITTLE MAGAZINES 196X–197X, showed in London, 2007. Hot, Bold, Cut n Paste stuff.

PRETTY GIRLS.

Found these lovelies on Shorpy ‘Pretty Girl’ section. A great collection of historic images. Oolala! Please, someone needs to make swim suits like these again—tights, shoes, caps, umbrellas and all!

PAINTERS PAINTING.

Paul Bransom plein air painting at Grand Teton, Wyoming, 1947.

W. Langdon Kihn, ca. 1930
via Smithsonian Archives of America

HIP APT IDEAS.

Please let there be a recycled hippie house vibe in my future! Mr. S blogged this wonder today. It makes me crave the scents of patchouli and frankincense to fill my home with meditative LOVE.
Mr. S at has some more pics if this is your scene.

RUSSIAN WOOD.

Oh, the ever delightful and wooden, Russian home. Found on some weird LOC site extension. I am in love with the intricate wooden frames around the windows, a little Hansel and Gretel type of look. (the first house is my dream home—see those beautiful, mismanaged plants outside the windows!? Love!!)

Interiors of these Russia log homes [...]